One thing that needs sorting out in my garden is the paths. The root cause of my knee problem could be the amount of twisting as I navigate across bricks and ill-places paving stones to hang the washing out and get to the bins. However, impatient though I might be to get this job done, I need to wait for other jobs to be done next month.

So, in order to distract myself, yesterday we explored an ancient wood, on the other side of the village, which may be obliterated by HS2.

At first, I was surprised that there were no paths. But then, why would totally natural woodland have them?

At the moment, the lack of paths is only a marginal challenge if you have sturdy shoes and jeans on. Come summer, on the other hand, the brambles would no doubt lead to a bit of cursing. So, I’m glad we made the effort when we did!

Something else to distract me is a book I picked up from the library today.

I’d been on the waiting list for Isabella Tree’s Wilding about how she and her husband transformed an estate into a haven for wildlife for quite some time. Now, my small corner of the world is unlike to attract large mammals or even owls and peregrine falcons but who knows what might appear once I stop disturbing the land.

Oh dear, I can feel the impatience coming back, so I’d better get on with making tea. Not long till February now….

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I have always been interesting in living a more environmentally friendly lifestyle and used to do what I could. Now, I have come to realise that we have reached such a point in terms of environmental degradation that it is more important - perhaps - to focus on building resilience. I therefore do as much as I can to reuse, grow my own and encourage a supportive community, for example. I also keep reading and learning all the time.

10 Responses to A wood without paths

That books does look interesting Helen, let us know how you get on please. And I recognise the impatience too…but am trying to hang on to January all the same as I am doing a big clear out and sorting of all my herbs inside the kitchen and it’s a hug job which I want finished before the end of this month 🙂 Lovely forest walk, a pity that wood will be destroyed!

‘Tea’ is northern England means evening meal. We do use it to mean the drink, of course, and without a context I realise it might be confusing!
Anyway, it is very springlike here. Warm and sunny, so no excuse not to get outdoors 😊.

Oh yes. I forget that tea has two meanings in the England. Thank you for clarifying. I remember going for tea when I traveled through England in 1989. Good news on the warm, sunny days. Spring approaches!